thistly

adjective

Definition of thistlynext
as in prickly
having leaves or branches which are likely to cause a scratch caught her sleeve on a thistly bush

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  1. prickly
  2. jagged
  3. thorny
  4. scratchy
Adjective
  • Cha-il’s prickly attitude doesn’t soften much despite the good example set by the naïve rookie auditor Han-soo (Lee Jung-ha).
    Simon Abrams, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Paul is Roy, the prickly guy whose sarcastic exterior hides a soppy desire to be loved.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of prickly
Adjective
  • She had been beaten so savagely with a golf club belonging to a set in the Skakel house that the club snapped and the killer used a jagged piece to stab her through the neck.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 26 Dec. 2024
  • The picture depicts a bustling market of shoppers and vendors, with a jagged line reminiscent of those on graphs winding through the stalls.
    Leslie Katz, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of jagged
Adjective
  • What message to place inside the empathy machine of cinema has become a thorny issue in India.
    Thomas Page, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024
  • The small Humboldt County city is contending with several thorny issues, including the possible construction of its first affordable housing development.
    Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of thorny
Adjective
  • Want scratchy drum line and lush-ed-out orchestral swoon?
    Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 3 Dec. 2024
  • His voice — raw, nasal, scratchy but full of passion, anger and wry wisdom — is near enough to the original to be unmistakable and yet colored by the actor’s persona to a degree that suggests something closer to symbiosis than impersonation.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of scratchy
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